Summary
Eugene Kim is a quantitative researcher and seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building low-latency, production-grade systems for trading and large-scale ML infrastructure. Currently at Citadel Securities working on systematic options after transitioning from systematic equities and FICC, he blends algorithmic research with software optimization to squeeze performance out of both models and runtime. Prior roles at Google include improving Vertex AI training infrastructure and accelerating ad traffic validation pipelines, where he delivered significant latency and throughput gains. His academic work at Georgia Tech focused on parallelizing tensor factorization and performance tuning across CPU/GPU, reflecting a deep background in numerical methods and systems-level optimization. Based in New York, he is comfortable moving between research, production engineering, and performance profiling to turn complex algorithms into reliable, high-performance services.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Korea Digital Media High School
English, Korean, Japanese